EXCLUSIVE: Some high-profile jurors can be deciding on winners for the 20th version of the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Movie Competition.
Amongst these on board to adjudicate for the pageant, which runs from August 8-18 on the TLC Chinese language Theater in Hollywood: Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, upcoming Superman film); Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka, Lease); Tyrese Gibson (Quick & Livid franchise); Matthew Modine (Oppenheimer, Full Metallic Jacket); David Dastmalchian (Late Night time with the Satan); actor-director Alex Winter (Zappa, Invoice & Ted Face The Music); Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog, Maude); Danny Pino (Legislation & Order: Particular Victims Unit, Chilly Case); Josh Hamilton (Actuality, The Home of Sure); Peter Macon (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, The Orville); Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel), Sarah Shahi (Pink, White & Royal Blue, Black Adam); Jon Huertas (This Is Us, Citadel); Samuel Arnold (Emily in Paris), amongst others. [Scroll for complete list of jurors]
Former NBA nice Metta Sandiford-Artest (Metta World Peace) will function head of the jury for HollyShorts’ Sports activities part, a brand new class this yr. Additionally serving on the Sports activities jury can be Emmy Award-winning producer Jessica Badawi and NBA agent Colby Schinto.
HollyShorts/Matthew Carey
Winners of HollyShorts awards in 4 classes routinely qualify for Oscar consideration: Finest Quick Movie Grand Prize, Finest Quick Animation, Finest Quick Stay Motion, and Finest Documentary Quick.
“From over 6,100 entries, over 400 movies type this yr’s anniversary program,” HollyShorts stated in a launch. “This yr’s hybrid celebration of brief movies will happen in individual, with screenings on the world-renowned TCL Chinese language Theatre in Hollywood and just about by way of the official pageant streaming platform, BITPIX.”
The pageant notes that it’s “dedicated to showcasing the most effective and brightest brief movies from across the globe, advancing the careers of filmmakers by way of screenings, networking occasions, and varied panels and boards. The pageant showcases the highest brief movies produced in 40 minutes or much less.”
Actor-producer Mehrdad Sarlak indicators a poster on the HollyShorts Movie Competition.
Matthew Carey
Amongst different jurors slated to take part within the 20th anniversary HollyShorts are a number of with Oscar credentials: Alice Doyard, producer of the Oscar-winning brief documentary Colette, Joshua Seftel (Oscar nominee for Stranger on the Gate), Misan Harriman (Oscar nominated for The After), and Scholar Academy Award winner Omer Ben-Shachar.
Deadline’s Awardsline chief Joe Utichi will take part as a HollyShorts juror and (full disclosure), so will I.
That is the total listing of jurors in alphabetical order:
Samuel Arnold
Jessica Badawi
Adrienne Barbeau
Omer Ben-Shachar
Ryan Black
Rachel Brosnahan
Matt Carey
David Dastmalchian
Rosario Dawson
Alice Doyard
Kalani Dreimanis
Tyrese Gibson
Josh Hamilton
Misan Harriman
Tricia Helfer
Jon Huertas
Michelle Krusiec
Jennice Lee
Peter Macon
Katherine McNamara
Sandro Monetti
Joe Moser
Danny Pino
Adam Rackoff
Rosa Salazar
Metta Sandiford-Artest
Colby Schinto
Joshua Seftel
Sarah Shahi
Lio Tipton
Joe Utichi
Alex Winter
Ramin Zahed
